New York - Retail giant Walmart (NYSE: WMT) will sell HTC's G1 mobile phone -- the first handset to feature Google's (NASD: GOOG) Android operating system -- for $30 less than exclusive wireless carrier partner T-Mobile is charging for the device, Reuters reported. Walmart is now selling the G1 for $148.88 to customers who sign up for a two-year contract with T-Mobile. T-Mobile, meanwhile, is selling the G1 for $179.

New York - Mobile network operator T-Mobile USA on Tuesday introduced the G1, the first mobile phone to feature Google's Android operating system, which will sell for $179 with a two-year voice and data agreement when it goes on sale first in the U.S. on Oct. 22. Viewed as a smartphone that will challenge Apple's iPhone, the G1 -- manufactured by Taiwan's HTC -- features both a touch-screen display and a full QWERTY hardware keyboard that slides out from underneath.

New York - The first mobile phone to utilize Google's (NASD: GOOG) new Android operating system software, HTC's Dream, will cost $199 when it goes on sale later this month, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Frankfurt, Germany - German wireless carrier T-Mobile said it has sold over 120,000 Apple iPhone 3G units across Germany, Austria and the Netherlands since it began offering the device on July 11, Reuters reported, citing the German magazine Focus.

New York - Apple (NASD: AAPL) on Tuesday released another update to its new iPhone software that wireless carrier partner T-Mobile said was intended to attempt to fix connection problems users are having with the 3G service on the new model, Reuters reported. "Our technicians said today Apple has issued a software update but it is too early to tell if the problems are solved," a T-Mobile spokesman told Reuters.

New York - Deutsche Telekom owned T-Mobile USA will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone based on Google’s Android software. The company is aiming for a pre-holiday launch, maybe as early as October, according to a report in The New York Times citing unnamed sources.

San Francisco - T-Mobile Netherlands has blamed Apple (NASD: AAPL) for any problems that iPhone 3G customers are experiencing with reception on its 3G network in the country, according to a company blog post that was picked up at MacRumors and CNET. "We suspect that it is a hardware / software specific issue of the iPhone itself," the company said, according to a Google Translate version of the posting. CNET has reported on worldwide issues with iPhone 3G reception in 3G mode, not limited to AT&T's (NYSE: T) network in the U.S.

Frankfurt - Wireless carrier T-Mobile plans to sell Apple's (NASD: AAPL) forthcoming iPhone 3G 8GB for as little as 1 euro ($1.54) in Germany to customers who sign up for a 69 euro ($106.77) monthly contract, Reuters reported. The 8GB model will sell from T-Mobile for between 1 and 169.95 euros, depending on the corresponding service plan, while price points for the 16GB model will start at 19.95 euro and top out at 249.95 euros ($386.82) with a 29 euros per month ($44.88) service contract.

Washington - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal in a case involving the rights of consumers to "unlock" mobile phones from a particular network, which in effect will allow a lawsuit charging AT&T (NYSE: T) and T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) with unfair business practices to proceed to trial, Wired.com reported.

Barcelona - Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) on Tuesday announced a new strategic partnership with wireless network operator T-Mobile, and will become the exclusive mobile search service for T-Mobile customers in Europe as of the end of March. "T-Mobile's decision to work with Yahoo is a clear demonstration of the strength of our industry-leading mobile search service and our ability to work with partners to give consumers the best possible mobile Internet experience," says Marco Boerries, EVP of Yahoo's Connected Life unit.

London - T-Mobile, Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone launch partner in Germany, has sold at least 70,000 of the devices since they went on sale in the country on Nov. 9, The Register reported. T-Mobile, which was briefly selling iPhones that could be unlocked, said the figure represented the number of buyers who had actually activated the iPhone on its network. Last week, Apple's U.K. iPhone network partner O2 reported sales of 190,000 units since Nov. 9.

Frankfurt, Germany - A German court reversed an earlier injunction on Tuesday, and said mobile operator T-Mobile may sell Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone with a condition locking customers to its own wireless service for a two-year term, the Associated Press reported.

Frankfurt, Germany - A local court in Hamburg, Germany has sided with Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) and issued a preliminary injunction on the sale of Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone, over objections to the company's exclusive distribution deal with rival mobile network T-Mobile, Reuters reported.

London - Apple's (NASD: AAPL) 8GB iPhone went on sale in the U.K. and Germany on Friday, sporting price tags of about $563 (GBP) at O2 and Carphone Warehouse in the U.K. and $583 (euros) at T-Mobile stores in Germany.

Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) announced on Monday the development of Android, an open platform for mobile devices that will support Google's applications and services, and is being created in collaboration with T-Mobie, HTC, Qualcomm, Motorola and over 30 other firms.

Cupertino, Calif. - Apple plans to nearly double production of its iPhone in the fourth quarter, TheStreet.com reported, citing people familiar with the company.